Necktie knot protector



1955 c. R. PEAKE 2,714,719

NECKTIE KNOT PROTECTOR Filed Feb. 18, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR.

CHARLES R. PEAK;

BY My ATTOR HEY.

Aug. 9, 1955 c, PEAKE 2,714,719

NECKTIE KNOT PROTECTOR Filed Feb. 18, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR.

CHARLES R. PEAKE.

BYw M ATTOR Nev.

United States Patent NECKTIE PROTECTOR Charles R. Peake, Detroih Mich.

Application-February 18, 1953, serial No. 337,568

3 Claims. (CL 2153) My improvement pertains to a preformed shell both ornamental I and utilitarian in character and adapted to fit over the knot of a tie so as to embrace and to enclose said knot and to coverthe front portion thereof.

While a protector of the general type shown herein,

is already, known, myexperience has proved that it would not stay in place and that owing to the movement of the person using said protector, the fabric of the tie to which the protector was applied, would work itself out therefrom either at the top or at the lower portion thereof. My object therefore, is to provide a protector with integrally formed means to prevent accidental disengagement of the tie therefrom.

A further object of my improvement is to employ the protector as a support for additional elements to keep the tie and the protector thereon in a proper relation to the collar of a shirt upon which the tie would be displayed. A still further object of my improvement is to provide the protector with means of keeping the ends of the collar from rolling up at the tips.

I shall now describe my improvement with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of my necktie protector as applied over the knot of a tie;

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the necktie knot protector shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of my necktie knot cover;

Fig. 5 is a front elevational view of my protector and a part of a collar, the view including means for retaining the protector in its proper relation to said collar;

Fig. 6 is a rear elevational view of the protector and auxiliary elements supported thereby;

Fig. 7 is a vertical section on line 7-7 of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 is a top elevational view of the protector shown in Fig. 6.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

The protector described herein, and generally indicated by numeral 10, may be made of any suitable material such as sheet plastic or metal, such sheet material being adapted to be shaped into a form simulating the outline of the knot of a tie. While the front portion 11 of the protector has an integral continuity and provides an unbroken area suitable for decoration by design or by application of ornaments, the rear portion of the protector is composed of extensions of said front portion, said extensions 12, being looped reversely with respect to said front portion, and disposedsubstantially in a parallel relation thereto. The looped parts of the extensions form curved sides 13 of the protector. At the top the front portion 11 is turned rearwardly into a narrow lip 14, as best shown in Fig. 2. It will be noted that said extensions 12 comprise but narrow strips and that one of them includes at its lower end a tongue 15 While the other strip terminates with an opposing tongue 16. At the edges where the tongues approach each other they are defined by lines 17 and 18, respectively, the lines extending paral- "ice lel to each other but obliquely to a vertical line bisecting the protector. As the lines are spaced from each other, the spacing between the tongues is of uniform width and is equivalent to an oblique slot 18a.

At thetop each strip contains aportion broadened into a shoulder 19. Opposing said shoulders from above, are two tongues 20, the outer end 2.1 of each tongue being in a spaced relation to the respective shoulder. The upper edge of the protector, on each side thereof, defines, in combination with the respective tongue 2%, a substantially circular opening 22 having a narrow outlet 23 between apart of the tongue and the adjoining shoulder.

The purpose of the structure will be explained in the course of this specification;

Atiixed to the lip 14 by a pin 24 or by any other suitable means, and disposed in a plane parallel to that of the rear portion of the protector, is a resilient clip 25, the ends of which are in a yielding engagement with the surface of said lip. in Fig. 2 for a better understanding of the nature of the clip, one end thereof is broken off.

To complete the description of that species of my protector whichis shown inl igs. 1 to 4, I wish to add that the protector is open at bottom as shown at 26, the opening being large enough to embrace that part of the body of the tie which extends downwardly from the knotted portion thereof.

Assuming that the protector is to be applied to a tie which already has been knotted, the band-like portions of the tie which form a loop about the collar of a shirt, are slipped at each end of the loop into openings 22 at the top of the protector while both end portions 28 of the tie, which normally extend downwardly from the knot, will he slipped into the protector through the oblique slot 18a defined by the outer edges of tongues 17 and 18. Once the above parts of the tie have been so slipped through the respective openings into the protector, they will not accidentally slip out therefrom.

I shall now describe that species of my protector which is shown in Figs. 5 to 8. Generally this species is of the same shape as that shown in Figs. 1 to 4, except that includes certain modifications and is combined with certain auxiliary elements. Here the back strips 31 of the protector 30, are provided with bayonet slots 32 just below the shoulders 32a, these being analogous to shoulders 19 in Fig. 2. A wire spring in the shape of letter M and including a V-shaped midportion and two flexible outer arms 34, is disposed Within the protector in such a manner that the V-shaped portion is located within the cover, the lower end of the portion being turned into a hook 3:5 for engagement with the lower edge of the protector as shown in Figs. 6 and 7. The flexible arms .34 pass through the bayonet slots 32 and terminate with reversely looped tips 36 for a frictional engagement with tips of collar 39. For decorative purposes the tips of arms 34, may be broadened and provided with a suitable ornamentation in the form of beads, designs, etc.

A spring clip 37 affixed to the top portion of the protector as shown at 46?, includes two arms normally in a yielding abutment with the surface of tongues 38. The arrangement makes it possible to have the front of collar 39 gripped between the arms of the clip and the tongues in order that the protector as a whole may be held certtrally between the tips of the collar.

It will be understood that some other changes may be made in the structure of my protector and the means combined therewith, and that such changes may be made without departing from the inventive idea disclosed herein. What I, therefore, wish to claim is as follows:

1. A necktie knot protector made of sheet material and adapted to embrace the knot from the front, the sides and the top, the protector including a front portion each side of which curves rearwardly in a hairpin loop to form a strip disposed substantially parallel to said front portion, the outer edge of each strip being defined by a line disposed obliquely to a vertical line bisecting said protector, the two edges being in a spaced parallel relation to each other to form an oblique slot therebetween, the front portion of the protector including at the top a narrow lip which at each end terminates with a tongue curved rearwardly and downwardly for engagement with the knot of the tie from above.

2. A nectkie knot protector made of a shape retaining sheet material to form an enclosure for said knot, the protector including a heart shaped front portion each side of which is curved rearwardly in a hairpin loop to form a strip disposed substantially parallel to said front portion, each strip including at its lower end, a tongue the outer edge of which is defined by a line extending obliquely to a vertical line bisecting the protector, the two edges running in a parallel spaced relation to each other, said front portion of the protector being turned rearwardly at the top to form a narrow lip, each end of the lip being extended into a tongue curving rearwardly and downwardly for engagement with the knot of the tie held within said protector.

3. A necktie knot protector made of a shape-retaining sheet material to embrace said knot, the protector including a heart-shaped front portion each side of which is curved rearwardly in a hairpin loop to form a strip d15- posed substantially parallel to said front portion, each strip including at its lower end, a tongue the outer edge of which is defined by a line extending obliquely to a vertical line bisecting the protector, while at the upper end each strip broadens into a shoulder, said front portion of the protector being turned at the top rearwardly to form a narrow lip, each end of the lip extending into a tongue the outer end of which is in a spaced relation to the respective shoulder, the spacing therebetween having the form of a narrow slot disposed obliquely to said lip.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,355,798 Zhukolf Oct. 12, 1920 2,130,640 Grubb Sept. 20, 1938 2,316,002 Koivisto Apr. 6, 1943 2,702,905 Peake Mar. 1, 1955 FOREIGN PATENTS 705,929 France Mar. 17, 1931 926,790 France Apr. 21, 1947 930,881 France Sept. 1, 1947 943,880 France Oct. 11, 1948 

